by Sheri Heller | Dec 22, 2025 | CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional, Spirituality, Trauma-Informed
As a complex trauma clinician, survivor, and interfaith minister, I’ve come to understand that true recovery is incomplete without addressing the wounds of spiritual trauma. By spiritual trauma, I refer to the profound psychological, emotional, and existential wounds...
by Natalie Rose | Nov 12, 2025 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Post Traumatic Growth, Recovery, Religion and Trauma, Spirituality
Writer’s Note: This article discusses topics related to spiritual abuse. My purpose in sharing my story is not to single out any specific faith. While my negative experiences occurred within Christianity, it is important to recognize that religious abuse can happen in...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Sep 25, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Family Disease, Generational Trauma, Mental Health Awareness, Mindfulness, Parenting With Trauma, Recovery, Relationships, Spirituality, War & Combat Trauma
There is a stubborn belief, especially in pull-yourself-up cultures, that if something did not happen directly to you, it should not affect you. People want to assume trauma stops with the person who first lived it. That is not how trauma works. Not biologically. Not...
by Natalie Rose | Jul 16, 2024 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Guilt, Healing from Toxic Shame, Post Traumatic Growth, Religion and Trauma, Spirituality
As a trauma survivor with nowhere to turn, I did what so many desperate and lonely do: I sought Jesus. Having grown up in Texas, Christianity was the only belief system I knew, so I found the dusty Bible in the back of my closet and opened it. I was soon filled with...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Sep 19, 2023 | Anxiety, CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Generational Trauma, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame, Mental Health Advocacy, Spirituality, Symptoms of CPTSD
TRIGGER WARNING: Topics in this article include childhood sexual abuse and may be sensitive to readers. At the beginning of July, I received a package: copies of my book and promotional material. I danced around my flat, my heart racing with excitement and...
by Jeff Spiteri | Feb 9, 2023 | Mental Health Advocacy, Pain, Self Care, Spirituality, Trauma, Treatment, Treatment for CPTSD
When I discuss Trauma treatments with people whether it be for PTSD or CPTSD I often hear a range of modalities from classical talk therapies like CBT and DBT to Somatic Experiencing, neuro hacks like EMDR and TRE, to cutting-edge research on psychedelics but rarely...
